The coffee run: campus chat template
A ready WhatsApp-look chat for the campus and study life gallery, eight messages and about 20 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the WhatsApp look
Coffee run. What does everyone want?
A large coffee.
Gus?
Same.
You wrote "same" twice.
It is a commitment.
I will bring four.
Please bring more than four.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The coffee run
A 20-second campus chat template: Fay, Gus and Hal, eight messages, opening on "Coffee run. What does everyone want?" and closing on "Please bring more than four.".
Message 1 is the longest at 6 words ("Coffee run. What does everyone want?") and message 3 is the shortest ("Gus?"). Two lines ask a question, so the other person keeps answering.
Using it in the WhatsApp look
Anchor each chat to one deadline. A countdown gives the scene its pressure. No upgrade is needed to try WhatsApp. Switch on typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status when you build the scene. Use short, tired lines for late-night chats and longer lines for the morning after. The wallpaper behind the bubbles is a faint pattern, so it never fights with the text when the screen is compressed for a short video.
What the Free plan shows
On a Free account you see four messages of The coffee run, ending at "Same.". To get to "Please bring more than four.", four messages later, upgrade to a paid plan.
Tips
- Pause on Fay's "You wrote 'same' twice." before moving to the next bubble.
- Let the opening "Coffee run. What does everyone want?" breathe so a late scroller still knows who is talking.
- A light, simple look works best; dark mode suits late-night chats.
- Make the ending your own by editing "Please bring more than four."; add "fictional chat" to the caption.
- Try two new names in place of Fay and Gus, then read the story out loud once.
Questions
Can I use The coffee run on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The WhatsApp look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The coffee run as a video?
About 20 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this campus chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Fay, Gus and Hal, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.